Floods in Australia
This is a list of notable recorded floods that have occurred in the country of Australia.
Date | Location | State(s) | Fatalities | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
1806 | Melbourne | VIC | 4 | [citation needed] |
1820 | Maitland | NSW | ||
1852 | Gundagai | NSW | 89 | [citation needed] |
December 1863 | Melbourne (December) | VIC | 1 | [1] |
1869 | Ballarat | VIC | 2 | [2] |
1891 | Melbourne (July) | VIC | 1 | [3] |
1893 | Brisbane flood | QLD | 11 | [4][5] |
1893 | Maitland | NSW | 9 | [citation needed] |
1900 | Western Australian floods | WA | ||
1909 | Western Victorian floods | VIC | 4 | [citation needed] |
1913 | Maitland | NSW | 1 | [6] |
1916 | Clermont | QLD | 65 | [citation needed] |
1923 | Adelaide | SA | 3 | [citation needed] |
1926 | Southwestern Australia | WA | ||
1927 | Wollombi | NSW | ||
1929 | Tasmanian Floods | TAS | 22 | [citation needed] |
1930 | Maitland | NSW | ||
1931 | Maitland | NSW | ||
1934 | Yarra River | VIC | 35 | [citation needed] |
1947 | June 1947 Tasmanian floods | TAS | ||
1949 | Maitland | NSW | ||
1950 | Maitland, Gippsland, West Queensland | NSW, VIC, QLD | 1 | [7] |
1951 | Maitland | NSW | ||
1952 | Maitland | NSW | ||
1955 | Maitland flood | NSW | 14 | [citation needed] |
1955 | (August) | WA, SA, VIC, NSW, TAS | 2 | [citation needed] |
1956 | Murray River flood | NSW, VIC, SA | ||
1970 | All eastern states (December) | QLD, NSW, VIC, TAS | 16 | [citation needed] |
1971 | Canberra flood | ACT | 7 | [citation needed] |
1971 | Maitland | NSW | ||
1974 | Brisbane flood | QLD | 16 | [citation needed] |
1984 Feb | West Dapto | NSW | not known | [8] |
1986 | Sydney | NSW | 6 | [citation needed] |
1990 | East Coast | NSW | 7 | [citation needed] |
1996 | Queensland and New South Wales | NSW & QLD | 4 | [citation needed] |
1998 | Katherine Townsville |
NT, QLD, NSW | 3 | [9][10] |
June 2007 | Hunter Valley/Maitland floods | NSW | 10 | [citation needed] |
June 2007 | Gippsland Floods | VIC | ||
February 2008 | Mackay floods | QLD | ||
September 2010 | Victorian floods (Sept) | VIC | ||
March 2010 | Queensland floods (March) | QLD | ||
December 2010 | Carnarvon/Gascoyne (December) | WA | ||
December 2010 – January 2011 | Queensland floods (Dec – Jan) | QLD | 35 | [11] |
January 2011 | 2011 Victorian Floods (Jan) | VIC | 2 | [12][13] |
August 2011 | Gippsland (August) | VIC | 1 | [14] |
February – March 2012 | Eastern Australia (Feb – Mar) | NSW, VIC, QLD | 3 | [15][16][17] |
March 2012 | Gippsland and Koowerup | VIC | 0 | [citation needed] |
January – February 2013 | 2013 Eastern Australia Floods (Jan) | QLD, NSW | 6 | [citation needed] |
April 2015 | 2015 Hunter Valley/Central Coast/Sydney Floods | NSW | 8 | [citation needed] |
May 2015 | South – East Queensland Flash Floods | QLD | 5 | [18] |
June 2016 | Tasmanian Floods | TAS | 3 | [19] |
September 2016 | Central West and Riverina Floods | NSW | 1 | [20] |
February 2017 | Western Australian Floods | WA | 2 | [21] |
Late March 2017 | Eastern Australian Floods caused by Cyclone Debbie | Southern Queensland, Northern NSW | (As of 8 April 2017) 12 | [22] |
February 2020 | Widespread flooding in Sydney basin and the Blue Mountains, flooding in central west to the north of NSW and flooding caused by Tropical Cyclone Damien in Karratha | NSW, WA | 0 | |
March 2021 | Widespread flooding in the Sydney basin and the Mid North Coast of NSW (2021 Eastern Australia floods). Extending into South East Queensland | NSW, South East Queensland | 3 (As of 25 March 2021) |
[23][24] |
9-10 June 2021 | Widespread flash flooding across Gippsland. 160,000 properties blacked out, some for 4 days or more. Traralgon in the Latrobe Valley was one of the hardest-hit places with 200 homes evacuated. | Victoria | 2 | [25][26][27][28] |
References[]
- ^ The Argus. 28 December 1863
- ^ The Great Flood of Ballarat. pg 6. The Maitland Mercury & Hunter River General Advertiser. 23 October 1869
- ^ The Floods in Australia: Heavy Losses Revealed. Launceston Examiner. 18 July 1891
- ^ Whitaker (2005), 30.
- ^ Kenny (n.d.).
- ^ "Facsimile of brochure" (PDF). downloads.newcastle.edu.au. Retrieved 2020-09-26.
- ^ pg 1. The West Australian. Thursday 6 April 1950
- ^ "The West Dapto flood of February 1984: Rainfall characteristics and channel changes". ResearchGate.
- ^ "Tropical Cyclone Les", Bureau of Meteorology
- ^ "Flood - Sydney and Wollongong, 1998 - Australian Disaster Resilience Knowledge Hub". knowledge.aidr.org.au.
- ^ "Death toll from Queensland Floods". Queensland Police Service. 24 January 2011. Retrieved 26 January 2011.
- ^ "Missing boy's body found". ABC News. Australia. 18 January 2011. Retrieved 18 January 2011.
- ^ "Victoria flash floods claim first victim". ninemsn.com.au. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 29 December 2011.
- ^ Heard, Hamish; O'Connell, Brigid (13 August 2011). "Gippsland farmer dies in floodwaters in bid to save cattle". Sunday Herald-Sun. Melbourne. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-07-19. Retrieved 2012-08-22.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ "Two dead in flood crisis gripping parts of Victoria, NSW and Queensland". Herald-Sun. AAP. 5 March 2012. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
- ^ "Australian flood clean-up begins". Radio Australia. 10 March 2012. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
- ^ Sandeman, George (2 May 2015). "Five die in Queensland floods after downpours in Caboolture". The Guardian. Australia. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
- ^ "Four missing as floods devastate Tasmania; NSW mops up". ABC News. 6 June 2016. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
- ^ "Body found near Forbes identified as missing Burcher man Robert Linnane". ABC News. Australia. 6 October 2016. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
- ^ Morrison, Lisa. "WA floods: Second man's body recovered as receding waters reveal extent of damage". ABC. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
- ^ "Cyclone Debbie: Floods in NSW and Queensland claim more lives". The Courier Mail. Retrieved 1 April 2017.
- ^ Cockburn, Paige; Nguyen, Kevin (21 March 2021). "Live: NSW facing 'dangerous situation' as more than 18,000 people are evacuated". www.abc.net.au. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
- ^ Chapman, Alex (21 March 2021). "Weather system battering New South Wales extends along coast to Queensland". 7NEWS. Seven West Media. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
A once-in-50-year rain event battering New South Wales is also impacting south-east Queensland.
- ^ "Body found in submerged car as rescuers search for flood victims in eastern Victoria". ABC Gippsland. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 9 June 2021. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
- ^ "Victorians count the cost after violent storm sends trees crashing through homes". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 10 June 2021. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
- ^ "Woman's body found in floodwater as Victoria's storm toll rises, further rain expected overnight". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 11 June 2021. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
- ^ Cook, Mim (13 June 2021). "Victorian power outages not all bad for some families living 'off the grid'". ABC Radio Gippsland. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
Further reading[]
- Devin, L.B. and D.L. Purcell (1983) Flooding in Australia Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service ISBN 0-644-02627-8 : (Water 2000 : consultants report no. 11)(Department of Resources and Energy).
External links[]
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